9.5 Weeks

Hello! I am a little late on this one so we're at about 9.5 weeks right now. Overall this past week has been much better than the previous few! Phew! I am definitely still getting nauseous every day, but it hasn't seemed quite as debilitating lately -- or maybe I am just getting better at dealing with it. It's just one big game of trying to figure out what works for me and what doesn't. Other than that, we had a lot of excitement last Friday when we finally got to go see our doctor! We got an ultrasound and he said the baby looks great and is measuring right on schedule yay! We also got to hear the baby's heart beat which I almost think was even cooler than seeing the picture...it was so surreal! It was a very strong 170 beats per minute. And I am officially in love with our OB! He said everything I wanted to hear and then some! It all makes me feel so much more relaxed and comfortable knowing that he will be there with us through all of this and he believes in everything that we do in regards to labor and delivery. Such a relief! :)

How Far Along: 9 weeks 4 days
Baby is the size of: somewhere between a Green Olive and a Prune lol.
Symptoms: still nauseous quite often, having a lot of trouble with my appetite...where did it go?! Also still really tired and overall just lacking in motivation to do anything - needless to say, we're going to be having a very low-key Christmas this year!
Have you told anyone? No one new yet...still waiting to go to Arizona to tell my family, and then we can start telling the world! Only 2-3 more weeks!
Miss Anything? Motivation. to move! lol I just want to lay around all day, every day. I need my energy back! Also, definitely missing being able to enjoy eating and not having to force feed myself for every meal!
Food Cravings: Not much -- most all food sounds gross to me. Occasionally something will sound good and it is almost always something sweet - cake, doughnuts, candy, etc...only sweets around here I guess!
Anything making you sick/queasy? Most all foods haha.
Have you started to show yet? Starting to! I've been wearing mostly sweaters lately so no one else would notice yet, but my stomach is starting to stick out a little bit. I'll be glad when I can stop hiding it!
Gender prediction: I think it's a girl. Kevin thinks boy.
Mood: much more "up" than last week since I've been feeling a little better. I am starting to notice some hormonal moods though...hopefully they don't start getting crazy haha just get annoyed more easily these days uhoh!
Best Moment this week: Seeing our baby!! It was so amazing to be able to see our little jellybean on the ultrasound and to hear that everything looks great and healthy! It still almost doesn't seem real sometimes but now we know 100% there is a baby in there and in about 7 months we are going to be parents to a real live human baby! Pretty crazy <3
Looking forward to:Going to Arizona in less than 2 weeks to tell my parents about the big news! I honestly cannot believe I haven't blown it and told my mom already - this must be the longest I've ever kept a secret! I'm just excited for everyone to know already so we can stop hiding it! Coming soon!